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MapThe battle fields and military positions in the Virginian Peninsula, from surveys supplied by officers of the army Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 459 "Presented by the Home Insurance Compy. of New York." A few battle sites are marked by crossed swords. Shows roads, railroads, towns, county names and boundaries, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Heald, D. A. (Daniel Addison)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Map[Map exhibiting the approaches to the city of Richmond prepared for Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A. [Scale ca. 1:76,000]. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-53. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 620 Another issue. "Drawing by J. C. Babcock" is in the lower left corner. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Babcock, John C.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapWilliamsburg to White House Scale ca. 1:63,630. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 596 At head of title: Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 2. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMap of eastern Virginia, 1862 Also covers Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, rivers, names of cities, and railroads converging in Richmond, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia, and topography of eastern Virginia. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Nicholson, W. L. - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapBirds eye view of the seat of war around Richmond showing the battle of Chickahominy River, 29 June 1862 Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 621 Perspective drawing. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Bachmann, John
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapPosition of Union Army Map shows the location of Union troops in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia poised to begin McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, March 1862. Among the landmarks noted are the location of McClellan's headquarters in Hampton from 23 March to 4 April 1862; the route of reconnaissance by Smith and Fitz-John Porter in the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., 27 March; and McClellan's new headquarters on the...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-03-08
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MapPlan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd 1862. The village of Kernstown was located a few miles south of Winchester, Va. Jackson's Confederates attacked with the intention of drawing Union forces away from the Army of the Potomac's position on the Virginia Peninsula. Kernstown is considered to be the opening engagement of Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-03-23
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MapWestern territory of the present war. Eastern territory of the present war. Scale ca. 1:1,900,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 30.3 Two maps printed on sheet; the western territory map measures 59 x 43 cm. and the eastern territory map measures 59 x 48 cm. Inset: Topographical map of the country between Fortress Monroe & Richmond. 10 x 19 cm. Two maps have been attached to top margin: [Map of Washington, D. C., Alexandria, and...
- Contributor: Magnus, Charles
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapThe Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862 A regional view of Yorktown, Va., and vicinity, with Yorktown and Gloucester Point on opposite sides of the York River and indicating where the Warwick River feeds into the James, and also the Poquoson River as it branches off from the York below Yorktown. The headquarters of Gen. John Sedgwick's VI Corps is shown at Warwick Court House.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapPlan of the Battle of Savage's Station Va. Fought June 29th 1862. Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., that includes Savage's Farm to the north and the Williamsburg Stage Road to the south. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated. The Battle of Savage's Station was one of the Seven Days' Battles.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-29
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MapTheatre of operations, Maryland Campaign, September 1862 Relief shown by hachures. The numerous red and blue ink troop position symbols are believed to have been added by hand to the photocopy base maps by Genl. Ezra A. Carman. Maps depict Confederate and Union troop movements in Maryland and Virginia during the week leading up to the Battle of Antietam. Statement at foot of base-map title is lined over in black ink:...
- Contributor: Carman, Ezra Ayers - Mattern, H. W.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Map[Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md., 1862]. This hand-drawn map accompanies a letter to Dabney's mother describing a recent foray by Jeb Stuart's cavalry into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and an encounter with Union forces when the Confederates attempted to recross the Potomac River at White's Ford, Va.
- Contributor: Dabney, Chiswell - Saunders Family
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapThe heart of the rebellion: scene of the late Seven Days battles near Richmond; new base of operations of the Army of the [P]otomac. Scale ca. 1:138,000. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.2 From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, July 19, 1862, p. 1. Map indicates battle sites, "Union redoubts abandoned," "batteries," "line of Union retreat," and the "present Rebel picket lines." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapPlan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM. This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862). This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall Jackson's forces occupy both sides of the road from Centreville to Chantilly, with additional forces based on Ox Hill overlooking the town from the north. There is also a substantial force located...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-09-01
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MapLloyd's official map of the state of Virginia : from actual surveys by order of the Executive 1828 & 1859 "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Includes "The physical and climatic difference of the three grand divisions of the state: Tide-Water, Piedmont, and Great Valley," "Steamboat routes," and "Altitudes of mountains, &c., in Virginia above Tidewater." Prime meridian:...
- Contributor: United States. War Dept. Corps of Topographical Engineers - Lloyd, James T. - Powell, W. Angelo
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Map[Map of northern Virginia and part of Maryland]. Relief shown by shading. Shows area south of Frederick, Maryland to Colchester, Virginia and west of Baltimore, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, including fortifications at Munson Hill. Note on verso obscured by mounting: From Capt. James W. Abert, U.S. Army Topog. Engrs. LC copy annotated in ink: Capt. James W. Abert, Capt. U.S. Army Topog. Engrs. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil...
- Contributor: Abert, J. W. (James William)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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Map[Map of Greenbrier, Summers, Raleigh, Mercer and Monroe Counties, West Va. and Bland, Giles and Craig Counties, Va. Covers the area between Raleigh Court House, Blue Sulphur Springs and Pearisburg, W. Va. Drawn with colored ink and pencil on lined paper. Shows towns, roads, rivers and residences with some distances given. Not drawn to scale. One of a series of eight maps of southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. Originally in envelope with notations: "Maps of various kinds by residents of Western Virginia....
- Contributor: Loring, William Wing
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMap of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point of interest of the late & present position of the Union army. Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: L. Prang & Co
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapPlan of the Battle of Glendale or Frasier's Farm Va. Fought 30th June 1862. Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., from White Oak Swamp to the north to Glendale to the south. This was the location of both the Battle of White Oak Swamp and the separate skirmish at Frazier's Farm, both part of the Seven Days' Battles.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-30
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va. Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapMap of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts. Shows the area surrounding Roanoke Island, N.C., including Croatan, Roanoke and Pamlico sounds, and the locations of Confederate forces on the eve of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapYork River and Mobajack [sic] Bay, Va.
York River and Mobjack Bay, Va Depths shown by soundings. Shows roads, settlements, farmsteads with residents' names, battery on North River tributary, and low-water line. Title (in ink handwriting) from verso. Pen-and-ink (black and red). Oriented with north to the right. Imperfect: Fold-lined. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 672.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers - Franklin, William Buel - Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapPlan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of the bombardment by the U.S. mortar flotilla and gunboats, April 18th to 24th 1862 : flag officer D.G. Farragut commanding fleet, Com. D.D. Porter ... Annotated in pencil on verso: Plan of Fort Jackson. [1862?]. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 237 Includes explanatory note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy 3 imperfect: Torn at upper edge.
- Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - Harris, J. S. - Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin) - Bowen & Co - Gerdes, F. H. - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapThe Battlefield of Williamsburg, Va. : fought 5th May 1862. Concerns the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., which was part of the Peninsula Campaign, March-June 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-05
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MapE. & G. W. Blunt's map of Charleston and vicinity. Scale ca. 1:151,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 369 Indicates fortifications, roads, railroads, towns, street pattern of Charleston, drainage, vegetation, and ship channels. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
- Date: 1862-01-01